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With the introduction of The Forgotten expansion, we're thrilled to bring trading cards to Age of Empires II: HD Edition. Earn them in game and trade with others to craft badges, emoticons, profile backgrounds, and badges. Can you get through all six levels?

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Welcome to Age of Empires II HD - The Forgotten; the first new official expansion for the Age of Empires II universe in over ten years. Challenge friends with five additional civilizations and technologies, battle through four campaigns, vanquish opponents in new game modes on massive maps, or shoutcast a match and stream it all through twitch.tv.
Crafted exclusively for Age of Empires II: HD Edition; The Forgotten expansion builds upon the Age of Empires II: HD experience and includes Steam workshop support, new expansion rankings, steam trading cards, and more!

Explore a host of new features with Age of Empires II - The Forgotten including

Five New Civilizations

Italians - Set sail to Venice and take the role as general in one of the Italian republics that emerged from the chaos after the collapse of the Roman Empire!

Slavs – Even after the dissolution of the Mongolian Golden Horde, these icy planes of Eastern Europe still echo under the thundering hooves and countless boots of your soldiers.

Magyars - Lead the mighty Black Army over the Hungarian plains and command the fiercest cavalry forces that Europe has ever witnessed in the Middle Ages

Incas - Lead your armies along the shores of Lake Titicaca, defend your wealth and heritage from the invading Conquistadors and erect mighty structures to withstand the test of time.

Seven new Campaigns

Alaric: The trauma of the Hun invasion in the 4th century has shaped Alaric, the fearsome warrior king of the Goths. But can the beloved king secure a new homeland for his people in the territory of the collapsing Roman Empire?

Sforza: Always hungry for glory and wealth, Sforza wanders around 15th century Italy, offering his services to the highest bidder. Will he pick the right battles or make the wrong enemy? Take the fate of the young mercenary captain in your hands.

Bari: 400 years after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Italy is still up for grabs. Relive the tale of the port city Bari from the point of view of a Byzantine family, rising from the common soldiery to the nobility. Beware, for not only Bari is at stake, but also control of Southern Italy.

Dracula: History forged an incredible legend around the man who ruled Wallachia in the mid-14th century. Holding his ground against the vast armies of the expanding Ottoman Empire, his cruel tactics made him the most feared man in all of Eastern Europe. Shall his thirst for blood and the loyalty of his soldiers hold the Turks back for good?

El Dorado: Join Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro on their quest to find El Dorado, the legendary Lost City of Gold, thought to be hidden somewhere in the vast Amazon rain forest. Will their quest along the Amazon river lead to lifelong prosperity or will they drown in their sorrow?

Prithviraj: As the 12th century comes to a close, India is divided between the ruling Rajput clans. One of them, the Chauhans, have just been blessed with a new king. His name is Prithviraj and his determination to unite the rival states is unprecedented. But what happens when he falls in love with the daughter of his enemy? And does he have the strength to stop a full-scale Muslim invasion from the west?

Battles of the Forgotten: Time has faded the names of many of the greatest leaders ever known. During their age they were famed for their fierceness on the battlefield, their just rule and their quest for power. Witness the path to glory of Richard the Lionheart, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Sultan Osman Ghazi, Khosrau and many more.

New LudaKRIS map size

Twitch.tv streaming integration

Spectator mode

New Game Modes

Treaty - Popularized in later titles, the economically focused “Treaty” gametype will be available in AoF. Also commonly known as “No Rush”, Treaty mode enables a limited duration of battle-free early growth before focusing on military might.

Capture the Relic - For a quick paced, action oriented battle the new “Capture the Relic” will see players rushing with their monks to take control of a single treasure and return it safely to base.

Originally a mod for Age of Empires II: Conquerors, The Forgotten adds new units, civilizations, game modes and more. It's a rather unique situation, as the original game - Age of Empires II - was released nearly 15 years ago, getting an official DLC so many years later. Microsoft and Skybox Labs hired the original team behind the Forgotten mod to work on this addon which can be interpreted differently. I see that as Microsoft willing to give us as much of an addon they can, this late down the line.

Looking from a fair perspective, this content pack does not add That much. A lot of people will consider the content sparse for it's price tag of 9€/$10, but I am personally blinded by my love for the original game and the very idea of getting to play new content for a 15 year old game. That does sadly make this review more of a fan's input, rather than an honest and neutral review. To be fair though, if you originally bought AOE2HD - a pretty niche title - you should already know what to expect out of this DLC. (Review of AOE2HD)

The main addition are the 5 Civilizations; Italians, Indians, Slavs, Magyars and Incas. They cover some pretty interesting historical and geographical locations that can easily be related with the exisiting civilizations. All with new unique units, building textures and strength/weaknesses towards other civilizations. The textures look very similar to that of the originals, and you will have a hard time figuring out this was originally a mod. Everything is very well polished overall, something I was personally a bit afraid of before playing it.

Only downside would be the Campaigns that did not capture me that well. Honestly the original campaigns probably would not either if it was not for the nostaliga playing them. They are much more advanced than the original campaign, since the modders have gathered techniques over the years. All the maps are much more compact and detailed, and they take much longer to complete. They are often more about 1 unit/hero making it through the map rather than base-building and army-training.

If you Love Age of Empires II, intrigued by the thought of 5 new Civilizations to play with online, or on LANs, this is an excellent addon. Not so much if you are a single-player only and were looking for just the campaign.

The campaign content is ridiculously sub-par. No story elements like voice acting & music. Hardly any new artwork... the new History section recycled old artwork from old campaigns. I don't even care about these civs...This was a mod before, why am I paying $10 for it?What gives?

Well the rest of what has been done is extremely appreciated for all AOE fans alike. Despite being "Forgotton" for a reason, the new civs are actually beautifully balanced. New sprites for units/buildings, new everything... When you get past the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ effort at campaign cinematics, the campaign themselves aren't TOO bad.Multiplayer is actually really fun now, this definitely adds a lot to multi/singleplayer Standard Games.This will probably be almost necessary for joining strangers' multiplayer games as well.

Don't expect Conqueror's-quality expansion. This should be half its price.If you're shy to new additions to a perfect vanilla game, you can skip it. If you want a little more, it's okay. Not terribly necessary, but got it where it counts.

As a player who values games on their singleplayer campaigns, I can honestly say that this expansion disappointed me beyond all belief. I went in expecting a campaign based around the standard Age of Empires basics: Building and Expanding. What I got was a mediocre campaign with extremely poor writing and gameplay based on micromanaging a set of units that you couldn't replace. If I had wanted such a campaign, I would have gone to one of the brilliant custom scenarios made by the community, not a $10 waste of cash. The new civilizations are intriguing, but ultimately seem to be the only good thing about this expansion.

When I enter a campaign, I expect to have an on-rails sequence to begin with, followed by increasingly open scenarios that allow me to screw around with my preferred strategies. I NEVER want to see an entire campaign based around having no way to replenish your armies.

I grew up on AoE2 so may view may be a bit slanted but I can honestly say I was extremely disapointed with The Forgotten.

The new civs are mildly interesting but do little to change the game up that much. It's nice to see some variety added to make the gamer a little fresher but again no game changers.

We were promised new advanced AI (although to be fair this may be a complaint for the HD edition not this expansion pack) but units still seem to be infected with the stupid virus and have little pathfinding and will often run into walls and stuck requiring constant guiding from the player. Honeslty the AI may be worse now than it was in the '00s.

Also the new biggest map size is called "LudaKRIS". Are you ♥♥♥♥ing kidding me? It's fine to have goofy stuff like the cobra car from the original AoE2 or the alpaca king they added in this expansion but holy ♥♥♥♥ this name is stupid. What were they thinking.

Finnally the new story missions are just aweful. You spend the vast majority of the time clicking on units to make them say their lines in text (nope, no voice acting) the dialogue is attrocious and the campaigns are just flat out not fun to play. You are forced to play a very certain style in each mission and attempting to deviate will get you destroyed. Most of the time you will spend leading a small group of units around trying to prevent them getting killed, AOE2 did it for a couple missions but it worked because they were usually starter missions for the campaign and after that opened up to let you play more freely. These Forgotten campaigns feel like they're trying to emulate a movie (a very bad one at that). The final straw for me was the first Svorza mission in which you watch dialogue for a few minutes then watch a unit get "dragged away" by the river current. I hadn't even gotten the ability to move my first unit and I quit the mission. Normally I'm an acheivement hunter but ♥♥♥♥ this dlc I'm good not having them.

so i really couldnt wait for this expansion to come out as it is one of my favorite franchises. i love everything about this new content other than the fact there is no voices to the dialogue on the new battles and campaigns. some of the campaigns felt almost too bland and user made. that being said i still recommend this for all the age of empire fans

New units, new civilizations (Incas, Indians, Italians, Magyars/Hungarians, and Slavs), and brand-new singleplayer campaigns! Also has new features, such as new game modes and Twitch.tv integration, for the multiplayer scene.

This brand-new expansion set for Age of Empires 2 really enlivens a 16-year old game with new strategies, new tactics, and new possibilities for building your historically-inspired empire.